When the Times Darken
When the times darken
will there be singing even then?
There will be singing even then.
Of how the times darken.
About this poem
This translation of ‘Motto to the ‘Svendborg Poems” by Bertolt Brecht was made by Edwin Morgan.
Bertolt Brecht
When the times darken
will there be singing even then?
There will be singing even then.
Of how the times darken.
from Collected Translations (Manchester: Carcanet, 1996) by Edwin Morgan
This translation of ‘Motto to the ‘Svendborg Poems” by Bertolt Brecht was made by Edwin Morgan.
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